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Demonination

National Baptist Conventions of the United States of America Inc.

Pastor

R.M. Lane

Race/Ethnicity

African-American

County

Marion County (Fla.)

City

Flemington

Established

1879

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On many of the scans, text appears to bleed through from the reverse page as survey workers often used recycled paper printed on one side with unrelated material. Users should be aware that the bleed-through is not a missing page.

Title

Canaan Baptist Church

Subject

Florida Historical Records Survey

Work Projects Administration

Florida -- Churches

Florida -- Church records -- Inventories, registers, catalogs.

Church buildings -- Florida

Description

WPA Church Record for Canaan Baptist Church in Flemington, Marion County, established in 1879. This National Baptist Conventions of the United States of America Inc. church served a mainly African-American congregation, and was pastored at the time of the survey by R.M. Lane.

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey

Source

State Library of Florida, WPA Survey of Church Records

Date

1879

Format

church records

Type

Text

Identifier

slf_wpachurch_3083

Coverage

Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)

Denomination

National Baptist Conventions of the United States of America Inc.

County

Marion County (Fla.)

City

Flemington

Race/Ethnicity

African-American

Pastor

R.M. Lane

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Church Name

Canaan Baptist Church

Chicago Manual of Style

Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. Canaan Baptist Church. 1879. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/249760>, accessed 16 June 2026.

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. Canaan Baptist Church. 1879. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/249760>

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